Plan your visit to Severn Valley
How to find Severn Valley Country Park and plan your visit – with opening times, maps, directions, car parking information, public transport, and information about visiting with dogs.
How to find Severn Valley Country Park
Severn Valley Country Park consists of 2 sites:
Visitor Centre
Address: Alveley, Bridgnorth, WV15 6NG
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Tel: 01746 781192
Email: outdoor.recreation@shropshire.gov.uk
No 92 Coffee Lounge Severn Valley
An independent coffee house bringing their love of coffee and good food to Severn Valley Country Park!
Located in the visitor centre, the cafe is open 7 days a week, 8am-5pm.
Tel: 01746 866 734
Satellite site
Address: Station Road, Highley, WV16 6NW
Opening times
Severn Valley Country Park is open to the public daily.
The visitor centre, toilets and No. 92 Coffee Lounge are open daily (8am-5pm).
Visitor centre
The visitor centre has plenty of information about the history and wildlife of the area. There is also a kids corner with activities for our younger visitors as well as an area which sells products made by our volunteers to help raise funds for projects around the park.
In the cafe you can enjoy hot and cold drinks, snacks, ice cream, sausage rolls, ready made sandwiches and toasties. At the weekend, bacon or sausage on large, soft bakery baps and homemade soup are also on the menu.
Getting to Severn Valley Country Park
By car
See above.
By bus
The Bridgnorth to Kidderminster 297 bus service passes through Alveley village which is easy walking distance to the park (approx. 10 mins). Click here for timetable
The Stourbridge to Bridgnorth 125 bus service passes through Highley village which is easy walking distance to the park (approx. 15 mins). Click here for timetable
By bike
Follow Route 45 (Mercian Way) from Bridgnorth or Bewdley. Click here for map.
By train
Take the Severn Valley Railway and request the Country Park Halt. When travelling on this fabulous heritage railway line, if you ask the guard for the ‘Country Park Halt’ the train will make a stop at the park. It is possible to board a train here also. If you stand on the platform, with your arm outstretched an approaching train will stop at the platform. More details about the Severn Valley Railway can be found here. Click here for timetable.
By foot
Follow the Geopark Way or Severn Way from Bridgnorth or Bewdley. Click here for Geopark Way map.
By horse
Follow the Jack Mytton Way from Cleobury Mortimer to Chelmarsh. Click here for map.
Car parking
Car park charging hours at Alveley and Highley are 10am-4pm daily. Parking is free outside of these hours.
Car parking charges are £1.50 for 2 hours or £2.50 all day.
Payment by cash, card (chip and pin or contactless), and MIPermit app.
Annual parking passes are available – £35 per year. Please ask at the visitor centre.
Download the Severn Valley Country Park map
Accessibility
Download our fully audited access guide
Dogs
Dogs love exploring the park too! There are so many new smells to sniff and meadows and woods to run around.
Where can my dog go?
Dogs are allowed off lead, under close control across most of the park.
Is there anywhere my dog can’t go?
At Severn Valley Country Park, there are a few areas we ask that dogs don’t go.
These areas are well signposted and include:
- Easy Access Nature Trail and Wetlands
- Toposcope Field Meadow
- Sand Pit Children’s Play Area
- Wooden Boat Play Area
For more info about bringing your dog to Severn Valley please download our information leaflet.